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When you look at it, Lego has a pretty nice corporate web site. A bit slow, but I think it is pretty good for a catalog-type site. I'm wondering if Lego has made any indications of moving into the world of online ordering... This could be good or (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
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(...) Well, they're about what, 20 years old? (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I had sort of come to the same conclusion. But then in lots of other cases we are forced to find work arounds because standard Lego joints aren't strong enough, (1) I seems strange that Lego "cheated" by creating a special piece to make it (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: gender changers?
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(...) Some Slizer (ThrowBots) parts pictures are at: (URL) Reid (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Fredrik Glöckner: : For more information about RSI and what to do to avoid it, take a look : at e.g. : (URL) forget what I just asked about RSD ... not the same thing at all ... / _ _ / _ _ "We don't know if God exists. But women, we (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Eric Brok: : Do LEGO building and RSI go together well? : I'm serious; my girl friend suffers from RSI and among I gave up hope she : will hand-build her LEGO dream houses again. What is RSI? Is it anything like RSD? (Reflex Sympathetic (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) While I'm not suffering from RSI at the moment, I have earlier, but I don't feel that this affects my LEGO building. I feel that building with LEGO bricks is not as repetetive as typing on a computer, and hence may perhaps not cause RSI. That (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Do LEGO building and RSI go together well? I'm serious; my girl friend suffers from RSI and among I gave up hope she will hand-build her LEGO dream houses again. Eric (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) That has *such* a different meaning in the UK! Steve ---...--- Why not visit Llegogogoch? (URL) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Tim McSweeney wrote in message ... (...) They're longer because you need leverage to move the legs when they're new and stiff. Otherwise, you'd go to sit someone down, and whoops! Dislocated hips. The witch gets away with normal studs because she's (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
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(...) Then they come out with minifig excercise sets and aerobics classrooms! :) -Tim (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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(...) Well, like they say... If your not going to be a part of the solution, be part of the problem. :-) -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Really? Cool. Rob, could you try to describe the piece a little? And which set(s) they come in? So far, I have not seen any Throwbots, and this news has piqued my curiousity. This could be really useful. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
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(...) Or fanny packs. :) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Hello & introduction
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Hi Tom, and thanks for the welcome. (...) I don't have a website yet. There are at least five I _ought_ to have up, but I have RSI already from too much computering (I develop software) so setting up websites comes below putting food on the table in (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: To quote a scholar
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Steve Anderson wrote in message ... :I have noticed that lego has lost the "construction toy" lead. A lot of :the sets seem to be toys in themselves, rather than a mechanism for a child :to learn about construction. The sets are intended to be used (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Scorpion Stud
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Steve Anderson wrote in message ... : :>Fun Scorpion Fact: Add one of those 1x1 black levers to the top of one :>to make a "Martian Scorpion" :) : :Fun Scorpion Fact 2: Add a pair of minifig binoculars to the top to make a :scorpion bookworm. =) (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
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Tim McSweeney wrote in message ... :Why do MiniFig legs have such long studs on top to attatch them to bodies? :What's wrong with Normal Studs? sure they'd be a bit weaker but it works OK :for the witch minifig. :Why break the standard in this one (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LEGO Competition? Nah.
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Jeff Johnston wrote in message <369B9CFD.E4607AE6@m...ne.net>... :In any case, I happened across the Mega Bloks Viking Ship while poking :about, and despite the incredibly cheap price tag (~$8 for 350+ pieces) :I just couldn't bring myself to buy (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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(...) Matt, does this mean that you (a) don't currently get lugnet.announce via e-mail, or (b) feel that the S@H specials don't belong in the .announce group, or (c) would like to receive announcements of S@H specials via e-mail but not other types (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.general)
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| | Re: MiniFig Ponderings?
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Tim asked: (...) I've often been annoyed by this too. (...) Actually, Karim Nassar has come up with a great use: stick it the sutds into the bottom of a 2x2 slope brick and you've got a two-fingered hand perfect for a mech. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | MiniFig Ponderings?
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Like the great Holy bag mystery here is another strange Lego observation. Why do MiniFig legs have such long studs on top to attatch them to bodies? What's wrong with Normal Studs? sure they'd be a bit weaker but it works OK for the witch minifig. (...) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 8880 Super Car ... =? Diablo?
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I noticed that too, right when the model came out (even though I don't have an 8880 (I do have a Diablo :) ((URL) Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (26 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hi Kevin, welcome aboard. There aren't enough "mates" here. You'd probably have something in common with the Pirates legoheads around here. If you have a website with pix of your creations, we'd like to see them, so post your URL if you've got (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: To quote a scholar
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I agree that TLG is spreading itself too thin. The CD games are marginable from what I've read about problems installing and playing them. Z-Nap is a flailing attempt to debunk Kinex (something they have always wanted to do). TLG should just stick (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Hello & introduction
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I've been reading the LUGNET groups for a few weeks now and thought it's time to say Hi. I'm 40, always loved Lego as a kid in the UK and have played with my daughter's sets at intervals over the years, but for some reason this Xmas I just got (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: To quote a scholar
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(...) Lego seems to trying to play toy-world domination recently at the expense of their core product line. Some examples... RC Car - LEGO takes on Tyco & Nikko Znap - LEGO takes on K-Nex Duplo Winnie the Pooh - LEGO takes on various Disney (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Well, I'm home from work taking care of my sick gf, (I don't get sick, so I figure I might as well use those sick days for /something/), so you all get the benefit of some ramblings from my diseased mind. On the way home from the clinic, we passed a (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hi recently when I digged through my bookshelf I found an old Lego sticker album. There is no stickers in it. I have no idea what year it was printed. On the cover there's a picture of an old space theme probably from the 80's and on top of that it (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: gender changers?
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The subject is under discussion in lugnet.build, which I would posit as a better group. The 1x1 with side stud is capable of changing direction in just slightly larger than 1x2 brick space. (it technically takes two of them plus a 1x1 plate) (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Public Praise for Jasper Janssen
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(...) Seconded. Jasper and I did a Metroliner for RCX deal that went off without a hitch (except that he got hit with VAT on the RCX, sigh) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I agree about LEGO becoming more "toy" oriented than "construction" oriented. When I was a kid, LEGO sets that built specific models were far and away the exception -- not the norm. Now it is completely inverted. "Freestyle" sets, as (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | To quote a scholar
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My mad scientist friend (we've all got them, haven't we?) - a PHd student in robotics and robot design and college lecturer in Maths - had this to say after we were comparing the classic 691 Rescue Helicopter (my first set) with the pap that Lego (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 5600 (Radio Control Racer)
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Mark Dittenber wrote in message <369AD087.954C08E3@c...et.com>... (...) This car probably isn't what you want then. I played with one over the holidays, as my brother (who is 7) received it as an xmas present. It was great for him, but not something (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 8880 Super Car ... =? Diablo?
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I finally got my 8880 Super Car, and after I was finished, I brought it into my office. Currently at my office, I have a model of the Diablo. After looking at the two, it appears that the base shape of both are EXTREMELY similar. Of course with (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <369b510b.4248718@lu...et.com>... (...) Looks like this is an American minifig, holding two jobs, time-sharing his assets. Eric (Responses to lugnet.off-topic.deb...e.culture) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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And here I thought my FOTW was upstaged by S@H. My wife found an 8277 at Walmart for $20. The box had been opened, but not the bags inside. What was really amazing to me is that my non-Lego wife actually bought this for me despite here general (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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(...) Oooh e-mail me too. :) Or, Todd: can you set up a small mailing list just for people who want this via e-mail? It's one of the few things I'd like sent directly to my inbox. (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: When is a set a set?
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Steve Bliss writes: <<SNIP>>> (...) <<SNIP again>> IMHO: a set is a set when it has everything it says in the instructions. This is including the minifig(s)because they are clearly present in the instructions. Ergo: you have one complete set and one (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | When is a set a set?
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OK, here is a zen question for the Set-Purists[1] to ponder: I bought a bag of lego at a garage sale. Among other things, it included pieces and instructions for two small sets. Both sets can be built (simultaneously) from the pieces in the bag, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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(...) Geez. First I missed the 6982, now this one. I'm really missing on these specials. Oh well. If they weren't good deals, they wouldn't sell out. Steve (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Wow, S@H is watching
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(...) Yes, I noticed the new phone-menu system, too (there was something about what to do if you were calling for help with software). BTW, I've noticed the increased wait time over the last several months. I assumed it was the holidays. But it's (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: gender changers?
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(...) Well, there is the 1x1 brick with a stud on each of its four sides. There were a few of these in RoboForce, I think the RoboMaster. Steve (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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(...) Well, there is normally the way I used to be able to do it and normally the way I seem to manage to do it nowadays. Before I was put in charge of my office I could check right at 8am because, lucky me, I didn't have anything else to do (well, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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"Asher Kobin" <asherk@pobox.com> asked: (...) I do not recommend the FAO Schwartz in downtown Seattle. They did have some discontinued sets last time I was there, but the prices were significantly above standard retail levels. Gary (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I thought it was a fun thing to play with for a while, but it's probably best for kids and not adults. It's not really very configurable -- just a raw pre-fab skeleton that you put bricks on. It seemed to work much better without all the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 5600 (Radio Control Racer)
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Also sprach Matthew Miller: : Sadly, the whole chassis seems to be one piece. I can't tell you much more : than that, since that was enough to make me not get it. I still haven't decided whether to get this, although I share your lament ... I was (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 5600 (Radio Control Racer)
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Mark Dittenber wrote in message <369AD087.954C08E3@c...et.com>... (...) I have it and I am not sure what I think. It was a present and I don't think that I would have bought it myself. There are a fair number of parts, but nothing special. I took (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Minifig Generator??
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[moved here from lugnet.robotics] (...) Chris, It moved to a new location about 6 months ago. You can find a link to the new location here: (URL) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm glad that Lego is finally (appearing) to do this. I don't know of them anywhere else in their products....I know there is a clone (forget the name) a friend had where it offered very slim 2x2's with studs on both sides, and also the same (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sadly, the whole chassis seems to be one piece. I can't tell you much more than that, since that was enough to make me not get it. (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Out of curiousity, what time do you normally check? Do you update the web page or post first? (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | 5600 (Radio Control Racer)
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Hey all, I am trying to get more information about this this car. Is the motor more powerful than the 8735 Motor Kit or is it about the same? I had read somewhere that the kit did not have a lot of pieces. Is this true or is it easie to use the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hey to all. I just bought my first throwbots sets. I don't know if I will buy more, or not. Most likely not, unless I find that some of the pieces are especially useful. But... One thing I noticed is that some of the pieces allow connection of studs (...) (26 years ago, 4-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Wow, S@H is watching
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(...) Well, consider all of the calls they probably get by mistake from the software products, etc. Also consider that with the Star Wars stuff coming out their new calls volume will probably increase many times over. (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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(...) Well, and it didn't help that I was swamped with Actual Work and was much later than normal at getting them out. Sorry. :( Students came back today, which made my office and supervising it a lot of fun. Not a lot of Spare Time left over for (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Richard Franks wrote in message <36947201.17DD@__no_...er.com>... (...) Mine are hollow. It wouldn't be the first time that Lego instructions and pieces don't match up quite right. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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(...) *Sigh*. The main problem was really that I was busy with Actual Work this morning and couldn't check the specials. (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Public Praise for Jasper Janssen
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Just a quick message to publicly thank Jasper for his generosity and above average effort to purchase and ship some sets from the Netherlands to me in Ohio. The package arrived today, packaged securely, and in record time for the distance it (...) (26 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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Well, it's a good thing I called REALLY early this morning and got my 2. BTW, I have about 10 too many 1x16 yellow beams now, want to trade them, but I will ONLY trade for 1x16 or 1x14 black Technic beams or 1x16 black bricks. I'll trade 1-for-1 on (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <369A7B28.846ABFD8@v...er.net>... (...) Are you heating your house with Lego? For that matter, what is your house made of? Are you an alien that is unable to meet your nutritional requirements in an atmosphere (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) if you like yellow (and to a lesser extent, grey). I do. I am part of the problem, I scored 5... ++Lar (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Kellog Employee Model
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(...) Do u have a picture of this at all? (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: US S@H Phone Specials 1/11/99 - 1/17/99
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(...) Ouch. Just called and they said they were all out. How sad -- this is a great source of big structural parts. (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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There is a Walmart in Renton, but I've never been to it. Target has carried the Cargo Train ( (URL) ) in the past, but I don't know if they have it in stock right now. The target stores I've been to in the area have been cleaned out. Zany Brainy (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Wow, S@H is watching
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(...) And what's up with the wait time? I never used to be stuck on hold with S@H. Never. Now it happens with every call. In S@H's defense, the wait is significantly shorter than I've had with more other phone-ordering or customer support services. (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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With the recent rather disappointing 1999 Train range and total lack of decent Town sets and I would like to point out that I don't have completely negative thoughts about Lego these days. I think Znap is one of the most refreshing product (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Space Shuttle 8480
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(...) I believe it is $149.99. I never really looked, since I can't afford it right now. Jeff (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Space Shuttle 8480
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Beaker <beaker@havoc.gtf.org> wrote in message F5B7LL.83A@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) According to the Dutch catalog it will once again be called "Super Car". It is possible that the US name may differ though. (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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[Followups set to lugnet.market.shopping] A special new newsgroup lugnet.market.shopping has just been created for sharing LEGO shopping information -- sales, experiences, tips, etc. It is intended mainly for information dispersal, but discussions (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, lugnet.general)
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(...) It was one in Mesa, AZ. Southern Ave & Power Rd. I haven't checked any of the other locations nearby. -- Terry K -- (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Though I don't live in the Northwest any more, some of the store I check when in the area are: Fred Meyer Target WalMart Barry (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Though I don't live in the Northwest any more, some of the store I check when in the area are: Fred Meyer Target WalMart Barry (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Two nearest Targets to me in South Orange County (about half way between LA and San Diego) have the Best Lock sets. Have only seen the larger sets (military and shuttle). Barry (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Terry K wrote in message <3698498d.1974773@lu...et.com>... :BTW, when I was there before, they had put up a bunch of those clone :sets, Bestlock. 4 or 5 different military sets, and the 1 space :shuttle set. I think each set was 19.95. :The sets (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: scala scans
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I have also scans of all the scala sets available here and US (from 1998 s@h catalogs) ready for database update (besides other missing set scans, more than 500), but witing for this categorization discussiun ended up. Seems I'm a little bit (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Stores in Seattle Area
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What's the best places to check out for lego stuff in the Seattle area? Also, is there a store with a lot of train stuff? The train store at Bellevue Square doesn't have any lego. Thanks, Asher (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: M-tron 6862 Super vehicle scans sent to kl.net
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Thank you! I've been trying for 6 months to get these. It's the last of the M:tron line I have to do in Ldraw. I'd love to get them ASAP, so if e-mailing them wouldn't be a big problem, would you send them to john_vanzwieten@msn.com ? Sometimes it (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: scala scans
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(...) E-mail them to Suzanne Rich <srich@baseplate.com> or upload them to: ftp://ftp.lugnet.com/incoming/ (...) OK, I cc'd you using cut & paste on your address. --Todd (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | scala scans
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Hello All What shoudl I do if I have scans of scala sets that pause magazine is missing? Please reply to hamelm1@cti.ecp.fr be carefule the bars in the login are first one L and then a one. Thanks Matthieu (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | M-tron 6862 Super vehicle scans sent to kl.net
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Well, I finally set up my scanner, and figured that this would be the most useful set to scan first. I seem to recall seeing a few requests for scans of this, so I am uploading them to (URL) as I write this. Next up on tomorrow's (or is that (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 2nd round of Target clearance??
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(...) Check on the toy clearance aisles. Only Lego left on the lego aisle is the remaining full price '98 and new '99 (skipping rant this time) stuff. Barry (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ah, back to Target tomorrow.... I was there a couple of days ago, and couldn't resist buying one of those fancy adjustable tilt tree holders. $13 at 75% off. Which I thought was great. Guess I shoulda waited. 90% off would be even better. Hope (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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The second round of Target clearance may be near. I just got back from one of the two Targets near me (So. California) and found a couple of 6097 Night Lord's Castle marked $27.90. They had been $47.90 since just before Xmas. All of the other %40 (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Joshua Delahunty: : Runs too? :-) Nod. I meant to imply that. What I mean is that for me, Creator works as advertised. / _ _ / _ _ At a Santa Fe gas station: ()(-(//((-/ "We will sell gasoline to anyone in a glass container." ===...=== (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Also sprach Alex Wetmore: : Anyone know of new large sets (to replace the shuttle and supercar) in the : works? Nod. There's a new 'supercar' set comming. It doesn't have a name yet, but the set number is (I think) 8448. I decided not to be lazy and (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Odd ... Lego Loco allows you to install everything, and not need a CD anymore, and that is a recent title from Lego. (...) -- Lee Jorgensen -- Custom Programmer mailto://ljorgensen@uswest.net Ban-Koe Systems, Inc. <-- I am NOT a spokesperson for my (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Is it me or does it seem that customer service at S@H is getting significantly worse? I've been reading more than a few messages about people getting misinformation from S@H employees even during normal business hours. Andy (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) :) Then it'll work like a charm on my Pentium II with 128MB SDRAM and a SB PCI 128 with All-In-Wonder AGP 8MB RAM, etc etc etc :) I have a copy sitting on my desk, waiting for the arribal of the computer next Friday... ...and then I L3P my (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, her friendly personal service makes dealing with the totally unhelpful woman on Monday bearable. Especially considering the service was completely unsolicited. (...) Well.... I'd like both. :) (...) Well, I'd like to think I deserve it (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Not anymore, IMHO. (...) I can't think of one piece of CD software I own (all entertainment titles) where I can't either install it all to the hard drive directly, install it all the hard drive and change the drive letter in an .INI file, or (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... : :Some of you may have noticed me losing my temper (something I seldom :do - hah) about not receiving a S@H catalog yet last week on RTL. : :Well, today I received one sent to me via first class mail, with a (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Steve Anderson wrote in message ... : :Janet Zorn wrote in message ... :>I don't :>have the URL anywhere. You might try searching for lighthouse and lego :>together. I think I remember that there were lots of separate pages :>for the instructions. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Matt Marshall wrote in message ... :I was at Kmart the other day looking around for any good Legos that I could :afford, and I saw this megablock thing and I moved it to look at it and then :I saw a Explorien Nebula Outpost(1) it was really banged (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Requiring the CD in something that amounts to a game or home fun program is the norm, no matter how much you install. Allowing someone to install the full install and then never use the cd would certainly be convenient, but it would also make (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks to all who replied. I guess I just am going to have to start combing the boards or look for another set to buy. I just need more Technic pieces. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Runs too? :-) The problem wasn't with install, it was with launching the program. (Well, OK, some had problems with install, but most problems show up when running the program, as it reads the copy protection scheme on startup). BTW, the docs (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, yeah, I have to admit that geography does play a role as well. Then again, you ought to be getting a nice bonus this year if you stay through the merger, so what do you need sales for? ;) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Well, a large part of your "luck" is HAVING Walmarts that 1)Stock enough to end up overstocked for clearances 2)Have enough stock to last through several rounds of clearances 3)DON'T have so many people buying Lego locally that nothing last past the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hello (...) Tuesday. (...) How much is the full price? I know I can get them at several places over here in the Netherlands. Then it has to be shipped to the US... Greetings from the Netherlands Maico Arts (26 years ago, 8-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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